Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st October 1884, Edition 1 of 1, Page 969

SAMPSON LOW , MABSTON , § r CO . 'S LIST . | THE MOST IMPORTANT AM ) BEAUTIFUL WORK ON ORIENTAL ART EYER PUBLISHED . * ^ * Parts One and Two are already published . Part Three will be ready in December next ; and Part Four , completing , the "Work , -will -i be ready in the ensuing SpriDg . rjrp j I ^ ORNAMENTAL ARTS OF JAPAN , ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED PLATES , SEVENTY IN COLOURS AND GOLD AND THIRTY IN MONOCHROME , WITH GENERAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TEXT . By GEORGE ASPIDOWTNT ATTDSLEY . CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION . The Work , forming Two handsome Folio Volumes , will be issued in Four Parts enclcsed in ornamental cloth Portfolios , at intervals of about six months . The First and Second Parts are now published . Part Three will be ready in December . The entire Edition for the sale in ENGLAND and the COLONIES is strictly limited to 690 copies . The Author and Ptiblishers bind themselves neither to print further copies nor publish any smaller edition . I THE WORK WILL BE SUPPLIED TO SUBSCRIBERS OJSTLY , at the following I prices prior to the issue of Part III . ;—ARTISTS' PROOF COPIES , printed on finest Japanese Paper , numbered and signed by the Author— ONLY FIFTY COPIES PRINTED FOR SALE £ ' 2 \ 0 0 NOTICE . —Tlie entire English Edition of Artists * Proof Copies of * The Ornamental Arts of Japan' is subscribed for , and the list is closed . GENERAL COPIES , printed on finest Plate Paper—only 640 copies printed for sale in England and the Colonies £ 15 15 0 WOTE- — On the issue of the Third and succeeding Part , the Price of the General Copies will "be raised to all subsequent Subscribers . In One Vol . large imperial quarto , size of page 16 J- bj 11 J inches , cloth extra , gilt edges . I Preparing for publication will prob early ably in in the the Spring first instance . The price not exceed has not . £ yet 8 . 8 s been . decided , but it IMPORTANT WORK O 1 V JAI ^ VIVESIE ^ JL * T . TIHIIE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN , ILLUSTRATED with ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PLATES , SIXTEEN in COLOURS and GOLD—with GENERAL and DESCRIPTIVE TEXT . Late Medical Officer By to H . M WILLIAM 's Legation in Japan ANDERSON , Medical Adviser " , F . Naval R . C . S , Home Departments of the Japanese Government , and Member of the Council of t ) te Asiatic Society of Japan ; Author of * A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Chinese and Japanese Pictures in the British Museum . ' ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS . Section I . General History . —Section II . Technique of Pictorial Art . —Section III . Forms * WatiTe J * d Applications Art Criticism of . Pictorial — Sketch Art of . Chinese — Section and IV . Characteristics Korean Art . of Japanese Art . —Appendix . An Edition de Luxe of ABTI 8 TS PROOFS , printed on larger paper , will also be issned . * Ihb Edition db Ijuxb will be strictly limited to One Hundred Copies , and every copy will be numbered , and supplied to Subscribers in accordance with receipt of order . O RDER FORMS AND FULL PROSPECTUS WILL BE SENT ON APPLICATION . ! London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVINGTON , ! yL-- ^ Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . O .

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